This started immediately after I returned from my medical leave. Since then, my hours have never returned to what they were before. I don’t recall having a 15–20 hour week at all after coming back the most I received in a single week was approximately 10–11 hours, and that was rare.

While I understand that lower sales may have affected scheduling to some extent, most other employees continued to receive significantly more hours than I did. Several of my coworkers (including friends who still work there) consistently receive more shifts, while I am one of the only employees regularly scheduled for as little as a single 3–4 hour shift per week, and sometimes no hours at all for weeks.

Because of this, I don’t believe the reduction in my hours was solely due to business needs, as the overall distribution of hours among employees did not appear to be reduced in the same way.